Minister for Housing and Prohibition S Muthusamy said there will be no change in the alliance due to VCK leader Thirumavalavan's invitation to AIADMK to attend his conference on prohibition.
He flagged off five new buses at Erode Central Bus Stand today. One of them will go to Coimbatore- Mysore, two to Salem and two to Erode. 3 lakh women travel free of cost in buses Erode district daily. So far, 33 crore trips of women have been recorded free of cost in Tamil Nadu. VCK wants to insist on prohibition.
So, DMK will not be affected. Liquor shops can be closed gradually. Thirumavalavan invited AIADMK to participate in the conference, so the alliance will not be affected. He has called everyone.
The Chief Minister's wish is also to enforce prohibition.
But in the current situation it cannot be done immediately. No one objected to Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin conducting inspections in several districts. I have also conducted that study in Tirupur and Coimbatore districts, he added.
Erode MP KE Prakash and Transport Department officials were also present.